{"id":16052,"date":"2014-08-29T04:03:06","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T04:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/nairobi-to-host-africa-mmeeting-on-terrorism\/"},"modified":"2014-08-29T04:08:05","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T04:08:05","slug":"nairobi-to-host-africa-mmeeting-on-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/nairobi-to-host-africa-mmeeting-on-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Nairobi to Host Africa Meeting on Terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{Kenya will on September 2, host the Africa Union Peace and Security Council Summit on Terrorism, to be attended by a number of Heads of State and Government from the continent.}}<\/p>\n

The summit comes as the country continues to face security challenges emanating from various terrorist attacks and the continued threat from Somalia\u2019s Al-Shabaab terror group which has vowed to continue with the trend until the Kenya Defence Forces move out of Somalia.<\/p>\n

Nairobi and Mombasa have been the worst hit by the attacks which have left a number of lives lost and properties destroyed.<\/p>\n

The summit will come just days after Kenya hosts the East Africa Police Chiefs Co-operation Organisation Annual General Meeting where issues of terrorism were extensively discussed.<\/p>\n

When he opened the meeting on Wednesday, President Uhuru Kenyatta challenged regional police chiefs to consolidate their efforts in combating terrorism and other crimes. <\/p>\n

He said victory in the war against crime will be realised faster if police forces in the East African region worked in solidarity and mustered self-belief.<\/p>\n

Nothing that in the last five years the region has seen a rise in terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering and crimes against the environment, President Kenyatta said efforts must be scaled up to defeat the vices.<\/p>\n

On August 7, US President Barack Obama said the US would continue to help build the capacity of Kenya\u2019s security services and better equip them to deal with the problem of Al Shabaab and other security threats.<\/p>\n

His support was also extended to other African states during the US-Africa leader\u2019s summit.<\/p>\n

They include Niger, Mali, Nigeria, Ghana and Tunisia to begin with.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re launching a new security governance initiative to help our African countries continue to build strong, professional security forces to provide for their own security,\u201d Obama reported to the press after meetings with the African heads of states who attended the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost importantly,\u201d Obama announced that the US was entering into a, \u201crapid response partnership,\u201d with six African countries who had, \u201cdemonstrated a track record as peace keepers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The partnership with Ghana, Senegal, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda was entered into with the goal of, \u201cquickly deploying African peace keepers in support of UN or AU missions,\u201d in mind, Obama said calling on countries, \u201cbeyond Africa,\u201d to support the effort.<\/p>\n

As regards the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Obama said the US would be supplying them with additional equipment as it would in the war ravaged Central African Republic.<\/p>\n

During the summit, President Uhuru Kenyatta had complained of the international community\u2019s abandonment of Kenya in the war against terror.<\/p>\n

\u201cKenya is involved in anti-terrorism cooperation with many regional and international partners. Among our stalwart allies in these efforts is the United States,\u201d he said in a reversal of, \u201cWe do feel the world isn\u2019t doing enough to support us in confronting the challenges we have,\u201d which he said in an interview with CNN\u2019s Richard Quest.<\/p>\n

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{Nairobi westgate mall recently under attack}
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